Issue - meetings

Report number:     CAB/WS/21/011

Portfolio holder: Councillor Sarah Broughton

Lead officer: Rachael Mann

Resolved:

That:

The write-off of the amounts detailed in the exempt appendices to Report number: CAB/WS/21/011, be approved, as follows:

1.       Exempt Appendix 1: business rates totalling £29,946.61

2.       Exempt Appendix 2: West Suffolk Council sundry debts totalling £43,656.53

The Cabinet considered this report, which provided the collection data in respect of council tax and National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) and sought approval for the write-off of the amounts contained in the exempt appendices attached to the report.

Councillor Sarah Broughton, Portfolio Holder for Resources and Performance, drew relevant issues to the attention of the Cabinet, including the current performance of both council tax and business rates collection, as set out in Section 2 of the report. 

Members noted that reliefs introduced by central Government in response to the Covid-19 pandemic (many of which provided 100 percent relief for 2020 to 2021) had reduced the amount of debt to be collected and, in turn, had contributed to a slight improvement on the collection rate to date.

Resolved:

That:

The write-off of the amounts detailed in the exempt appendices to Report number: CAB/WS/21/011, be approved, as follows:

1.       Exempt Appendix 1: business rates totalling £29,946.61

2.       Exempt Appendix 2: West Suffolk Council sundry debts totalling £43,656.53